Etymology

testate

T1E1S1T1A1T1E1

Today it means: having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died). Full definition →

Latin testātus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

testate · adjective, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromtestātus“testified”
  2. English todaytestate

From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”).

testate · adjective2

From test + -ate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.